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Final Day – Islington Pub guide…

If you have a ticket or not there is no finer place to start and end the day than in Islington.

Some pubs have been very fair to the people who have been loyal to them for years, others due to numbers expected have sold tickets in advance and others, well there just looking to earn as much as they can. I will leave it to you to decide whose giving value for money and who isn’t….

The Gunners pub – £10 first come first served (1 free drink + band/dj tbc)
The Arsenal Tavern – SOLD OUT £10, tickets, 2 free drinks, The Away boyz after the game and a Q+A with Perry Groves
The Rocket – SOLD OUT all ticket
Twelve Pins – £10 first come first served on the day (inc 2 drinks)
Bank of Friendship – SOLD OUT, Private party
The George – Free, free  bar snacks, competitions
Prince Edward – Free, free spread
The Auld triangle – Free, free bar food
The Tollington – Free
Highbury barn – Free
Eaglet – Free
The Cannons -Free
The Kings Head – Free
The Florin – Free

The Lamb –  Free

 

If you run one of these pubs and i have got it wrong  or you wish to add a pub to the list please let me know I will amend it.

WHAT DID SHE WEAR ?

Arsenal fans to protest against ticket price increases

On Sunday, Arsenal face WBA in their final home game of another good, but ultimately frustrating league campaign.

A number of fans will be meeting from 12:30pm at Bear Roundabout (opposite The Armoury). We will then be walking round to the Directors Entrance to make our feelings known over the upcoming 3% ticket price increase announced by Arsenal FC back in December.

Normally, like you, we would be in one of the many pubs around the ground prior to KO but we ask you:

* If the regime at our great club is of concern to you

* If yet another price hike annoys you

* If you are priced out

* If you feel the extra revenue from SKY / Champions League is reason enough not to raise prices

* If you are frustrated at the lack of money invested back into the team

Then join us. It’s a peaceful protest and we want to get our feelings across to the Owner and Board.

Admission prices at Arsenal are already amongst the highest in world football; surely nobody (Stan aside) can justify us loyal supporters paying even more. Without us fans, the club (and ultimately the game) is nothing.

We call ourselves The Arsenal Family. The definition of family in our case is “A group of people from a common stock” This stock has existed since 1886 and support has been passed through generations of family. In our opinion, it is this very support that is being priced out through the greed of Stan Kroenke.

Loyal fans being asked to find more money when we reportedly have £100m+ in the Bank, is an act of greed. For many, it’s not about the extra £30 – £60; it’s more about the principal of Stan Kroenke demanding, more when we already pay SKY high prices.

We were here before him & we will be here after him.

If any of this resonates with you (and yours) then please join us from 12:30pm

Up The Arsenal

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10 reasons why we will beat Hull + starting 11

1) Ozil trained before the game, would bet he starts on the bench and he has been missed.

2) Koscienly should be back, we have missed him even more.

3%) Kim Kallstrom, decent show Vs the Whammers would not bother me to see him every game.

4) flamini is back from suspension, it’s all good news today !

5) Diaby is likely to make an appearance, as is the Easter Bunny.

6) Podolski, I really dont know how many times he has to prove he is the one true clinical finisher at the club.

7) Ramsey and Ox, both doing well in getting back to full fitness, see even more good news

8) Hulls Home Prem Record – Won 7, Drawn 4, Lost 6.

9) The Arsenal’s Away Prem Record  –  Won 9, Drawn 2, Lost 6.

10) Wenger knows that this is yet another vital game for our fight for the 4th place cup. With players coming back we could field a strong bench, so plenty of options for Wenger on 70 mins.

Predicted starting 11 – Chesney, Sagna, BFG, Kos, TV, Flamini, Ramsey, Santi, Podolski, Ox, Giroud.

Giroud to score and The Arsenal to win 7/1 with a £25 matched bet from William Hill

On a Side note, well done to all the traveling Arsenal fans today, it was wrong, very wrong for this game to be moved at short notice you all deserve any lost money for trains, hotels etc to be paid back to you in full. Football without fans is nothing. Television companies must start considering fans, or we will stop considering them.

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